The team made the biggest steal of all when they acquired Rommel Adducul straight out of the San Sebastian College - Recoletos.

Others include ex-PBA veterans Peter Martin, Frechie Ang, Ruben Dela Rosa and former Far Eastern University star Nestor Echano.

[1] In their inaugural season, the Metrostars were coached by Ricky Dandan but lost to the eventual champion Pampanga Dragons in the Northern Conference Finals, 4–2.

This eliminated the Manila Metrostars franchise as Adducul (the MVP of the 2000 season), Compton and a few holdovers from the squad joined the Blades.

In 1998, the Metrostars was the first official game uniforms the color was blue green, red and white contains the team logo during the inaugural season of the league.